Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Question about servicing COMMERCIAL dishwashers

[R Philip Dowds (rphilipdowds]

Interesting question.  Many participants in the modern US economy see the 
market as divided into two sectors:  Residential; or Commercial.  Residential 
means the customer is a single household.  Often in a single family home, but 
sometimes in a small multi-family, like a Boston triple decker.  Commercial is 
everything else:  Airports, hotels, libraries, colleges, hospitals, shoe 
stores, army bases, abattoirs, you name it.

Condominiums and apartment buildings are often in-between:  Sort of 
residential, but for some purposes, sort of commercial too.  In Cambridge, MA, 
our Cornerstone Cohousing is built as multi-family.  Sometimes our common 
kitchen is classed and regulated as residential, and sometimes as commercial.  
Depends on which inspector or department you talk to, and whether or not Mars 
is in retrograde.

If you can’t come up with consistent answer to your question, you’re in good 
company.

Thanks,
Philip Dowds

> On Feb 14, 2024, at 1:13 PM, Marcia Baumel <marciab93 [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I live at Oakcreek Community in Stillwater, OK. We have 24 homes and use a
> residential dishwasher. The solution we have reached is for diners to bring
> their own dishes to common meals. That way the dishwasher only has to be
> used for cooking utensils.
> Marcia Baumel
> 
> 
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 10:11 AM Chapel, Thomas (CDC/NCIPC/DOP) via
> Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
> 
>> I'm the voluntary property manager for our 13-unit cohousing in ATL
>> Georgia.  We're 27 years old and purchased a used COMMERCIAL under-counter
>> dishwasher (Jackson D-26 series; actually these are officially called
>> dish-CLEANERS) back when we opened. It's on its last legs and we are likely
>> getting a new one.  But in trying to find anyone to REPAIR the current one,
>> I learned that commercial appliance service firms do not/can not service
>> commercial appliances on RESIDENTIAL sites, and that things like
>> HOAs/townhouse communities/fraternities are considered residential.  Is
>> that your experience too, or have you found commercial firms to service
>> your commercial dishwasher?  If the challenge of servicing continues, we
>> may go to buying TWO residential ones so we can get thru all the dish and
>> pot cleaning in one round of dishwashing?
>> 
>> Any advice much much appreciated.
>> 
>> Tom Chapel
>> Lake Claire Cohousing
>> 
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